"Update: After having time to think over her skating career Vanessa Crone has decided that she still has a strong passion for skating and will be searching out another partner. She hopes Paul finds someone to skate with, so he can continue to pursue his passion as well. Skate Canada wishes the best of luck to both Vanessa and Paul"

So it comes down to this...If you think this was an amiable situation, you are mistaken. Something went sour between the two of them, it was already clear to me, after reading Paul's interview by PJ Kwong.

Nope. It seems these two were not a happy pair. It's no wonder they looked so disconnected when they performed together.

I suspect Paul was the darling of his coaches and Vanessa was the odd one out, so of course she wanted a change. And that was it---she was out.

Sorry, they are done.

Or perhaps there were just some things going on with both sides of this partnership that we do not know about and it was in the best interest of BOTH skaters to go their own way. Please stop trying to paint one skater as the villain and the other as an innocent victim who got kicked to the curb unless you have reliable information, directly from the skaters themselves.

I've been stewing for the past few days..and nearly came on to rant last night , but decided in favour of sleep...I've been getting more and more steamed on Vanessa's behalf the more I thought about it ,so this is very good news , to me.

I felt that there was already a decided plan ( and pehaps a done deal )for Paul after reading PJ's blog. PJ 's writing, etc.,in the past , has had a tinge of "unofficial PR person" for Carol Lane ,in particular ,and her school ,in general...so I really got the feeling it was a spin piece and Vanessa had been dumped.

chuckm...I couldn't agree more. There's always been an aura of Paul is the star about them , which always left me shaking my head because I really don't think Vanessa is a lesser skater. I always thought Vanessa was not getting the help she needed , while the major decisions in program choices were made to cover up Paul's main weakness ( relating to his partner ). I felt that she was sort of treated like Paul's accessory instead of his partner.

I hope she finds a suitable partner and coach, and that we get to see her back on the ice in a happier situation.